Concrete tie.



E. JONES.

CONCRETE TIE.

APPLICATlcN FILED FEB. 2, 191s.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTO R N EY E. JONES.v

CONCRETE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2| 1918A 1,285,723. Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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1" lNvENToR WITNESSES m 1 BY ATTORNEY EWING JONES, 0F BROOKINGS, OREGON.

CONCRETE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2e, 1918.

Application filed February 2, 1918. Serial No. 215,098.

To .all lwhom t may concern VBe it known that I, EWING JONES, a citi? zen ofthe United States, residing at Brookings, 1n the'county of Curry and Sta-te of Oregon, have invented new andI useful Improvements in Concrete' Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a plastictie for railway rails.

In carrying out my invention, it is my purpose to produce a reinforced plastic tie comprising a plurality bf associated sections, so connected as to permit of a limited yielding movementl of any. of the said sections with respect to the-other sections whereby the tie is afforded the desired amount of exibility, so that the saine will not be liable to disintegration .or breakage from the weight and impact of force of the rolling stocksaid tie.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a reinforced plastic tie comprising a pluralityv of associated sections, the meeting ends of the said sections being each provided with a transversely fluted or corru gatedmetallic plate, the reinforcements for the tie being in the nature of spring and consequently resilient elements, whereby the sections of the tie will'be aorded eacha limited independent yielding movement with respect to the other sections, and also whereby the construction overcomes the difculty in the drying of plastic bodies ofthe size of an ordinary railroad tie. Y

It is a still further object ofthe invention to prodce a reinforced plastic tie comprising a plurality o-f sections yieldably associated, theelements connecting the said sections reinforcing the body of the tie, the end sections having arranged thereon rail plates, the securing means for the said plates and the means wherebythe rails are held upon the said plates serving as additional reinforcements for the body of the tie.

Other objects and advantages will appear. as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to, the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure'l is a side elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the rail secured thereon,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same, one of the rails being removed,

Fig. -3is an approximately central vertlf passing over the rail secured to the cs al longitudinal sectional view through the le Fig. -l 1s a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional viewap- .proximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail plates,

F'g. 7 is a perspective view looking toward the inner end of one of the end sections of the tie,

Fig. 8 is a similar view of `tion ofthe tie.

The tie is broadly indicated by the numeral 10, the same Comprising a plurality of sections suitably connected, in a manner which will presently be described,the centralsection of the tie being indicated by the numeral 11 and the end sections by the numeral 12 respectively. All of the sections are formed from some suitable plastic material, such as concrete, and by forming the tie of sections, the difficulties met in drying plastic bodies of the size of an ordinary tie have been eectively overcome. The sections 12, vupon their outer ends, may be provided with metallic face plates, and the said sections upon their inner ends have arranged thereon transversely fluted or corrugated metallic plates 13.' In a like manner, both ends of the intermediate or central section 11 are provided with similar metallic plates 14, the ribs of the plates 14: being engaged in the grooves of the plates 13, thus providing an intereng'agement between the ends of the sections 11 and l2.

Arranged centrally of and extending through the length of the tie 10, and through suitable openings 15 in the abutting plates 13 and llis a flat reinforcing bar 16, and the said bar 16 may be connected to the end plates 17 on the outer ends of the sections 12.

The plates 131and 14, inward of the corners thereof, are provided with alining openingsv 18, and through these openings are passed rods 19, the said rods preferably comprising each a twisted member, a nd the the central secsaid rods 19 extend entirely through the tie.

20, the same extending entirely through the central section 11, and entering the end sections 12 for approximately one-half of the length of the said sections. The spring plates 2O normally retain the sections 11 and 12 in proper alinement, as Well as reinforcing the twisted rods 19, and in addition thereto serve as spring hinges between the sections 11 and 12. The ribbed or corrugated plates 13 and 14, upon the confronting surface thereof may be, and preferably are` treated to a coating o f tar or such like substance which Will prevent the rusting of the said plates and not materially interfer- 15 ing With the movement of one of the plates over the other plate, When one of the sections of the tie yields vertically With respect to the other sections of the tie, and theopenings 15 and 18 in the said plates 1'3 and 14: are preferably plugged or closed by tar paper or the like. The said closing substance, indicated by the numeral 21preferably entirely surrounds or .is wrapped around the reinforcing members 16 and 19. 25 On the upper surface of each of the end sections 12 is arranged a ilat rail receiving plate 22, the said plates being preferably embedded in the said sections but having their outer surface flush with the upper faces of the sections. The outer edge of each of the plates 22 is provided with a doivnturned rib 23 which is embedded in the tie and which is preferably substantially \,/shaped in cross section. rl`he plates 22 are of a width corresponding with the width of the tie, and the said plates at the center thereof, may be provided with an opening through which passes a preferably twisted retaining element 24 that enters the end sections 12 and provides an additional reinforcement. The twisted element 24 may and preferably does pass through a suitable opening 24 in the en-d sections of the rod 16. Each of the plates 22, adjacent the corners is provided with additional openings 25, and the end sections, in a line with the said openings '25 are provided with vertically disposed holes 26, the said holes communicating With interiorly threaded flexible socket members a0 27. Each of the plates 22, in a. line with the outer openings 25, upon the upper surface thereof, is provided with a transverse enlargement 28, the inner Wall of Which being vertically straight, and the said plate, in- Ward of the said enlargement, is preferably provided withl spaced transverse grooves 29. The rail 30 is designed to have the outer edge of its foot contact 1with the vertical wall of the enlargement 28, the opposite edge of the said foot of the rail being disposed in a line with the inner openings 25 in the plate, and passing through the said openings 25 are screw bolts 31 which are received in the sockets 27 and which have their heads 32 contacting with the upper surface of the foot of the rail, whereby to effectively retain the rail upon the tiet As illustrated by the drawings, the bar 1 6 comprises a plurality of members or seetions, corresponding in number vith the sections or members constituting the tie, and each of the sections of the said bar 16, at the end thereof, arranged in the openings 15 in the abutting plates 13 and 14, isbent upon itself providing a hook or eye 33, which is designed to be received in the hook or eye of the adjaeentvbar section, and this arrangement permits of a free swinging movement of any of the sections 11 or 12 with respect to the other sections, the rods 19 and the 80 spring members 20, as reviously stated nor` mally retaining thei ections of the tie in .proper alinement. The road bed is preferably tamped .from the ends beneath the tie but is not t'amped beneath the central sec- 85 tion 11 of the tie, so that any sinking of the tie will occur in the center thereof. From the foregoing description, When taken in 4connection with the drawings, the simplicity and advantages of the device, will, it is thought, be apparent Without further detailed description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A tie comprising a plastic body construeted of a plurality of similar sections arranged end to end, reinforcing means passing through all of the sections, one of said reinforcing means comprising a bar constructed of a plurality of sections correspending in number to the sections of the tie and the ends of the said sections of the said bar being hingedly connected at the abutting ends of the tie sections and the remaining reinforcing elements constituting` spring members designed to retain the tie sections in longitudinal alinement. t

2. A plastic tie constructed of a plurality; of sections, plates having transverse corrugations upon the confronting. ends of the 11o said sections, and the projections upon one of the said plates designed to be received .in the recesses of the confronting plate, reinforcements embedded in all of the sections of the tie, the central reinforcement eonstitilting a bar constructed in sections and having its ends terminating at the confronting ends of the sections of the tie, and the said ends of the said sections of the bar being loosely connected, and the remaining reinforcements comprising spring rods designed to normally retain the sections of the tie in longitudinal alinement.

3. A tie comprising a plastic body constructed of a plurality of similar sections, metallic plates upon the confronting ends of the sections, said plates having spaced openings, reinforcing elements arranged longitudinally of the tie, the central reinforcing element comprising a bar constructed of a plurality of sections, each of aulength;

4rods and spring members overlying the said rods extending entirely through the central sections of the tie and into the end sections ofthe said tie, whereby to maintain all of F10 the sections in longitudinal alinement.

4. A tie comprising a plurality of alining f plastic sections, corrugated metallic plates i on the confronting ends vof the sections, a central hinged reinforcement for the tie, metallic len d reinforcements -for the tie, spring bars 'associated `with 'said end reinorcements and passing through the central member of the tie and enteringl the end members of the said tie, and rail plates on the end sectionsof the tie.

Instestimony whereof -I aix my signature.

" EWING JONES. 

